David Hussey-led KXIP beat Bangalore

KXIP made one (Pomersba)change to their playing (Micha)eleven – Luke made way for Neser.

RCB made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Lokesh Rahul and Muttiah Muralitharan made way for Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravi Rampaul.

On winning the toss, David Hussey, KIXP’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 58, without the loss of a wicket.

RCB’s openers scored 50 off 5.4 overs (34 balls). KXIP had conceded an extra at that point. While Pujara’s contribution to the partnership was 21, Chris Gayle’s contribution to it was 31.

Gayle’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 27 balls.

RCB’s openers scored 100 off 11.1 overs (68 balls). KXIP had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. While Pujara’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Gayle’s contribution to it was 61.

Gayle, whose 33-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Sixty-eight balls into the match, Manpreet Gony broke the 102-run partnership.

Pujara’s half-century – which included eight boundaries – came off 45 balls.

He eventually scored 51 off 48 balls. Twenty-three balls after Gayle’s dismissal, Gony broke the 31-run stand.

Virat Kohli, RCB’s skipper, scored 14. His run-a-ball innings included a boundary. Ten balls later, he was caught by Shaun Marsh. Parvinder Awana broke the 11-run stand.

RCB scored 150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). KXIP had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

A B de Villiers, whose 19-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 38. He was unbeaten, as was Moises Henriques, who scored 16. Although his innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, he had no reason to be in seventh heaven.

RCB scored 190 for the loss of three wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Neser, Praveen Kumar, and Piyush Chawla were wicketless. They conceded 62, 28, and 26, respectively.

Awana, who conceded 28, picked up a wicket.

Gony, who bowled 41, picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 41, and lost a couple of wickets.

Although his innings included a boundary, Marsh had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored half-a-dozen. Fifteen balls into the chase, he was caught by de Villiers. Rampaul broke the 13-run stand.

Mandeep Singh, whose 12-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Karthik. Vinay Kumar broke the 12-(A)run stand.  

KXIP scored 50 off 7.2 overs (44 balls). RCB had conceded an extra at that point.

Gurkeerat Singh Mann, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 20. Twenty balls after Mandeep’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Murali Kartik, who broke the 26-run stand.

David Hussey, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Henriques. Kartik broke the run-a-ball stand.  

KXIP scored 100 off 13.3 overs (81 balls). The number of extras they had conceded extras at that point gave RCB no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While the contribution of David Miller, the player of the match, to the partnership was 40, Rajagopal Sathish’s contribution to it was eight. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.

Miller’s half-century – which included three boundaries and four sixes – came off 24 balls.

KXIP scored 150 off 15.5 overs (95 balls). RCB had conceded nine extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 100 off 42 balls. While Miller’s contribution to the partnership was 86, Sathish’s contribution to it was 11. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was eight.

Miller’s ton – which included eight boundaries and seven sixes – came off 38 balls. He eventually scored 101, and was unbeaten, as was Sathish, who eventually scored 27 off 18 balls, which included a couple of boundaries and a six.

RCB eventually conceded 11 extras. KXIP, who scored 194 for the loss of four wickets off 18 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with a couple of overs to spare.

Gayle, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 22.

Rudra Pratap Singh and Henriques bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 29.

Vinay and Rampaul bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 48, the latter conceded 27.

Kartik, who bowled three overs, conceded 24. He picked up two scalps.